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Commodities' trading in India is on the cusp of transformation. Organized commodities trading as a professional service-oriented set-up, is a recent phenomenon in India but is growing at a tremendous pace, emerging as the largest and most exciting service sectors of this decade.

In order to match up with this phenomenal growth and pace, there is always going to be a need for passionate, trained commodities professionals. In addition, the fast changing commodities sector demands that professionals learn new skills, improve their efficiency, learn to compete and think out of the box. All this requires an education that is intensive, comprehensive and closely linked to the commodities derivatives market, through experiential learning.

Over the last couple of years, MCX has been recognized as an exchange, which adds immense intellectual, cultural and professional energy to the industry on a continuous basis. It believes in innovation - innovation both in theory and practice to meet the needs of the industry not only today but into the future.

The training department of MCX has been in the vanguard of knowledge dissemination across a wide spectrum of participants in the commodity industry, more than 3,000 individuals have directly benefited from the various training programs conducted by the exchange during the year 2005-06, in line with the pace of growth of the commodity market in India.
 
Alliances
 
It is important for any training initiative, which targets the masses to be associated with leading institutes in the academic arena. This provides synergy to the operations and leverages on the core competence of the individuals. MCX has tied up with the following leading educational institutions of the country –
 
Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Indore
Indian Institute of Finance (IIF), New Delhi
Welingkar Institute of Management Development and Research, Mumbai
Vaikunth Mehta National Institute of Co-operative Management (VAMNICOM), Pune
National Centre for Co-op. Training (NCCT), New Delhi
The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), New Delhi
Symbiosis Institute of International Business (SIIB), Pune
Indore Professional Studies Academy, Indore
International College of Financial Planning (ICFP), New Delhi
Pillai’s Institute of Management Studies and Research, Navi Mumbai
University of Petroleum and Energy Studies